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Make it three weeks in a row for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. The Skylights yet again had a player named Frontier Conference Player of the Week. But Northern senior Abby Nicholas wasn’t alone. For the first time this fall, MSU-N also had a football award winner. Nicholas, a senior, earned the Frontier award for the second time this season. Nicholas is a 6-0 right side hitter from Sandy, Utah. Northern opened Frontier Conference play with a 3-1 win o...
The rematch between the Montana State University-Northern Skylights and the Carroll College Fighting Saints didn’t go down to a dramatic fifth set. It wasn’t the blow-for-blow slugfest that last November’s Frontier Conference championship match was. And yet, none of that mattered to the Skylights. Instead, for most of a four-set victory, the rematch turned out to be a coronation for MSU-N as the Skylights dominated the Saints in their home opener Friday night in front of a...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Jordan Johnson threw five touchdown passes as Montana erased an early North Dakota lead to defeat the Green and White 55-17 on Saturday night at the Alerus Center. The No. 11 Griz (2-0) reeled off 33 unanswered points after falling behind 7-0 just minutes after the opening kickoff. Johnson, who completed 15 of 19 passes for 354 yards, threw 3 TDs in the first quarter and two more late in the game. North Dakota (1-2) scored first on a Joe Mollberg p...
In college football, often times running backs have to wait their turn, so to speak. Teams generally prefer to build depth with starting running backs as upperclassmen, while younger backs have time to grow and mentor under veterans. That’s not the case this season for Montana State University-Northern red-shirt freshman tailback Zach McKinley. And while he’s already been waiting a long time for his chance to shine, and he got off to a strong start through Northern’s first two...
Three seasons is a long time to go without a victory over a conference rival. Six games without one will make it seem even longer. But the long wait for a win over the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers turned out to be well worth it for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. Saturday afternoon, in their home opener at sunny Blue Pony Stadium, the Lights took out three years of frustration by throttling the Mounties 45-28 in a Frontier Conference clash. With the victory,...
Growing up in Havre, and spending many days and nights inside Blue Pony Stadium, Jordan Van Voast knew he wanted to play defense for the Lights. In fact, it was all he really wanted to do. But only little did Van Voast know, just a year removed from a stellar career for the Havre Blue Ponies, that his dream of playing linebacker would happen a lot sooner than he ever thought. After a career with the Blue Ponies, which started just one year after Havre High’s magical 2004 s...
It's been a strange and difficult last seven days for the Montana State Bobcats and Montana Grizzlies. And though both teams have important games Saturday, they're important for different reasons. The No. 3 Bobcats (1-1) host NCAA Division II Colorado-Mesa Saturday in Bozeman. Normally, that's not cause for concern but the Cats will be without senior quarterback DeNarius McGhee for the first time in 40 games. In a last-second loss at FBS power SMU last Saturday night, McGhee...
Training camp started over a month ago, and when it ended, the Montana State University-Northern football team had to head out on the road, playing its first two games of the 2013 Frontier Conference season away from Blue Pony Stadium. With a positive 1-1 start to the year, the Lights are ready to make their long-awaited home debut, and they’ll do it against a team which has had their number in recent games. Saturday, the Lights host the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers in a F...
Exactly a year ago to the day, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team used a stunning win over then nationally-ranked Carroll College to begin what would become one of the most memorable volleyball seasons in Northern history. Though a lot has changed for the Skylights since that season-opening win over the Fighting Saints last September inside a then unfinished Armory Gymnasium, things also remain the same. Northern, which is no longer a team on the rise, but...
We’re only two weeks into the Frontier Conference football season, but already 2013 is shaping up to be as tumultuous as 2012 was. And just like in 2012, surprise teams are emerging. The Montana State University-Northern Lights have aspirations to be one of those teams, and Saturday’s home-opener against the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers will be telling. The Lights have played two games this season, with a win coming against 0-2 Dickinson State, as well as last Saturday’s loss...
What a year it was in Frontier Conference volleyball back in 2012. The conference ended with Carroll College beating the Montana State University-Northern Skylights in a dramatic five-set match that went well beyond 15 points. That was just the ending to what was one of the most competitive season’s of volleyball in the Frontier in as long as anybody can remember. Northern was the big story as the Skylights finished as high in the standings as they have in over a decade. M...
The college rodeo season comes and goes with the blink of an eye this time of year, so local fans aren’t going to want to miss a chance to see the Montana State University-Northern rodeo teams compete at home. Friday through Sunday, the MSU-N Lights and Skylights will host their annual MSU-N Rodeo at the Great Northern Fairgrounds in Havre. Friday, the rodeo will begin at 7 p.m., while Saturday’s slack will begin at 9 a.m. Rodeo action will resume at 7 p.m. Saturday, and wil...
With current high school seniors Brandy Lambourne of Havre and Makhayla Farmer of Chinook already signed to play for the Montana State University-Northern Skylights next fall, MSU-N head coach Chris Mouat is already putting together quite the 2014 recruiting class. That class just got another Montana standout as Mouat announced the signing of Townsend’s Jacy Thompson earlier this week. Thompson, a 5-7 guard, is beginning her senior year at Broadwater County High School. ...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team took some major steps last season, and the Skylights are off to a great start in 2013. Now however, Northern can add getting some national respect to its list of recent achievements. Tuesday, the first regular season NAIA Coaches Poll was released and the Skylights, while not quite in the Top 25, received 11 votes in the poll. It is believed to be Northern’s first appearance in the NAIA poll in at least a decade. N...
One thing Montana State University-Northern junior volleyball player Dayna Jensen knows ... she knows about rivalries. After all, Jensen, a 5-8 outside hitter, hails from Lewistown, one of Havre High’s biggest volleyball rivals. Now, Jensen is a Skylight, in her first season as a full-time starter, and while the Pony-Eagle rivalry is in her past, the Northern-Carroll rivalry is in her immediate future. Jensen and the Skylights play their home, and Frontier Conference opener F...
For the second straight week, a Montana State University-Northern hitter has earned Frontier Conference honors. Monday, Northern senior Kelsey Williams was named Frontier Volleyball Player of the Week. Williams is a 5-9 outside hitter from Helena. Northern went 2-0 for the weekend beating two NCAA Division II schools. The Lights beat Minot State 3-1 and the University of Mary 3-0. Williams averaged 4.29 kills per set with a hitting percentage of .410 for the weekend. In 61...
DALLAS (AP) — Garrett Gilbert threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Darius Joseph with 12 seconds left to give SMU a 31-30 victory over Montana State on Saturday night, stunning the No. 3 team in FCS. After forcing a Montana State punt, SMU (1-1) took over with 3:46 remaining on its own 19. Led by Gilbert, who finished 35 of 48 passing with 317 yards, the Mustangs took 14 plays to drive the remaining 81 yards for the win. Joseph caught three passes on the game-winning march, f...
One weekend is all that stood between the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team and a Frontier Conference opening match against the Carroll College Fighting Saints. But that weekend included two matches against quality NCAA Division II opponents. And though Northern was moved up a level in competition at the UGF/Carroll Tournament Saturday in Great Falls, the Skylights proved to be the dominant team. Saturday at the McLaughlin Center, MSU-N swept the University of...
HELENA — For 15 minutes, the Montana State University-Northern Lights shut out the mighty Carroll College Fighting Saints. For a half, the Lights were locked in a great defensive battle with another great defensive team. But college football games are a full 60 minutes, and the Saints proved a little too much for Northern in the second act of Saturday’s game at Nelson Stadium. Northern led No. 12 Carroll 3-0 at the end of the first quarter of Saturday’s Frontier Conference gam...
Frontier Conference play is still a week away, yet it’s already been a long road for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. And the Skylights are back on that road Saturday. Northern, which just returned from a four-match weekend in Florida, will play a pair of NCAA Division II schools in the University of Mary and Minot State University as part of the UGF/Carroll Tournament Saturday in Great Falls. And though it’s a short trip, compared to back-to-back tri...
Week one is in the books in the Frontier Conference, and for some, even week two, but for every Frontier team, this week, it’s really time to get down to business. In the marquee matchup of the second Saturday of Frontier football action, the Montana State University-Northern Lights will travel to Helena to face the No. 12 Carroll College Fighting Saints. It’s the annual showdown between the two rivals at Carroll’s Nelson Stadium, but this season, it’s also Carroll’s home open...
It’s been a strong start to the 2013 volleyball season for the Montana State University-Northern Skylights and a particularly strong start for Northern senior hitter Abby Nicholas. Tuesday, Nicholas was named Frontier Conference Player of the Week after performing at a high level over the weekend in Daytona Beach Florida. Nicholas is a 6-0 senior right side hitter from Sandy, Utah. Northern went 3-1 for the weekend at the Embry-Riddle Labor Day Weekend Tournament. The S...
MISSOULA (AP) — Jordan Johnson completed his first 12 passes of the game and threw for two touchdowns as Montana and a stifling defense downed Appalachian State, 30-6, in the season opener for both teams Saturday night. Johnson, seeing his first action after missing all of last season while dealing with legal issues, completed 19-of-23 passes for 251 yards in front of a record crowd of 26,293 in the first regular season night game ever played at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. "I just prepared the same way I always prepare," John...
After two weeks of stiff competition, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team knew things were about to get even more difficult. And the Skylights knew a trip to Florida would have to be all business. And that’s exactly what the Skylights handled, they handled their business by going 3-1 at the Embry-Riddle University Labor Day Volleyball Tournament Friday-Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla. Northern beat the University of Mobile and Ashford University of Iowa F...
Montana State University-Northern head coach Mark Samson emphatically stated that his team needed to start the 2013 season off on the right foot, right away. That meant playing well right from the opening kickoff against the Dickinson State Blue Hawks. And it also meant coming back to Havre with a season-opening win. Thursday night in Dickinson, N.D., the Lights accomplished half of that mission, meaning Northern did bring a win back to Havre, but the Lights didn’t exactly s...
